Improvement in the manufacture of boots



W.A H.. FEBGUSIJN. I re of Buotsv. l manufact Patented 0ct.14,1873. No. 143,687.

UNITED STATES PATENT AEEIO.

WILLIAM II. FERGUSON, OE EOnEsT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,687, dated October 14, 1873 application tiled February 11, 1873.

or upper front portion of the foot up to about half-way of the leg, the edges of the top being splayed off, and in bringingthe lining down y over the said tongue and stitching it thereon,

so as to avoid the unpleasant binding sensation usually experienced in the drawing on and wear of the boots now being made, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

A is the leg portion of the boot, and B the front portion thereof. G is the .tongue or upper front portion of the foot, which is eX- tended up to about half-way of the leg. (See a of Fig. 2, and also the dotted lines of Fig.1.)

The top of this tongue is cut to a semicircular shape, or the corners rounded oft, as may be desired, and the edges splayedv off, so as to allow the lining D to lie iiat down over it,

Fig. 2 is a which lining is` brought down from the top of the leg, and made to lap over the tongue to a point a little .below Where the cut is made iu the lower front portion of the leg to form the ornamental part of the boot, the sides of the leg, where the piece is cut out to accomplish this, being stitched Onto the tongue in the usual manner.

Thus, as will be seen, a soft and smooth surface is presented on the interior from the top of the boot down to the foot, so that no unpleasant binding sensation will be experienced in the drawing on or in the wear of the boot; and, in addition to this, there will not be that liability of the boot becoming wrinkled around the front of the leg, the latter retaining Vits proper shape Imtil worn ont.

i Having thus fully described my invention,A

what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The tongue G,.havin g its upper edges splayed oft' and arranged to extend half-way up the leg A on the inside, in connection with the lining D, arranged to extend down from the top of the leg'over the lining, all constructed in the manner and for the purpose as herein shown and set forth. p

WILLIAM H. FERGUSON. Witnesses:

I. J. KRAOK, D. DUOKETT. f 

